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Webster 1913 Edition
Productive
Pro-duc′tive
,Adj.
[F.
productif
, L. productivus
fit for prolongation.] 1.
Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results;
as,
productive
soil; productive
enterprises; productive
labor, that which increases the number or amount of products.2.
Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative;
as, an age
productive
of great men; a spirit productive
of heroic achievements.And kindle with thy own
productive
fire. Dryden.
This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it
productive
of merit. Spectator.
3.
Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable.
– Pro-duc′tive-ly
, adv.
Pro-duc′tive-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Productive
PRODUC'TIVE
, a.1.
Having the power of producing; as, productive labor is that which increases the number or amount of products; opposed to unproductive labor. The labor of the farmer and mechanic is productive; the labor of officers and professional men is unproductive to the state. A tree which bears fruit, and the land which bears grass or grain, is productive.2.
Fertile; producing good crops. We often denote by this word that land or plants yield large products.3.
Producing; bringing into being; causing to exist; efficient; as an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements. This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue,and making it productive of merit.
And kindle with thy own productive fire.